Property Value

The CultureInfo object that is returned by this property, together with its associated objects, determine the default format for dates, times, numbers, currency values, the sorting order of text, casing conventions, and string comparisons. See the CultureInfo class to learn about culture names and identifiers, the differences between invariant, neutral, and specific cultures, and the way culture information affects threads and application domains. See the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property to learn how a thread's default culture is determined, and how users set culture information for their computers.

Beginning with the .NET Framework 4, you can set the CurrentCulture property to a neutral culture. This is because the behavior of the CultureInfo class has changed: When it represents a neutral culture, its property values (in particular, the Calendar, CompareInfo, DateTimeFormat, NumberFormat, and TextInfo properties) now reflect the specific culture that is associated with the neutral culture. In earlier versions of the .NET Framework, the CurrentCulture property threw a NotSupportedException exception when a neutral culture was assigned.

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
class UICulture : Form
{
public UICulture()
{
// Set the user interface to display in the// same culture as that set in Control Panel.
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture =
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
// Add additional code.
}
staticvoid Main()
{
Application.Run(new UICulture());
}
}